German Film Festival New Zealand

2009 marks twenty years since the fall of the wall. The German Film Festival brought twenty films from the past two decades to cinemagoers in New Zealand, 19 000 kilometres away. 20 years and 20 films – entertaining and thrilling and at the same time witnesses to the momentous historic change after the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. 

Find a short film about the first ever German Film Festival in New Zealand, interviews with the visiting directors Andreas Dresen and Christian Schwochow, the award ceremony of our short film competition 'Die Mauer' here:

Film about the first ever German Film Festival in New Zealand

Film about the award ceremony of our Shortfilmfest "Die Mauer"






Simon Morris asks Andreas Dresen and Christian Schwochoch about the night the Berlin Wall came down




Andreas Dresen on his visit in New Zealand






Christian Schwochow on his film "November Child"






Simon Morris talks to Andreas Dresen and Christian Schwochow about "The Lives of Others"





Andreas Dresen on screenplays